tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54760836086693376962018-11-19T07:54:33.171-05:00History Goes Bump In The NightGhost tours for the theater of the mind!Diane Studentnoreply@blogger.comBlogger337125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-6221925221304806972018-11-15T06:53:00.001-05:002018-11-15T06:53:58.758-05:00Ep. 282 - The Great Wall of China
Moment in Oddity - Sarah's Grave
Suggested by: Pat Clifford
Pat lives in Australia and wanted to share the local story about Sarah's Grave. This grave belongs to Sarah Simpson and is located in an old bush cemetery at Castlereagh about an hour west of Sydney, Australia. Some of the first settlers in the region are buried in this graveyard. Sarah was a British convict who arrived in New South Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-19991982693025654702018-11-08T07:06:00.001-05:002018-11-09T17:48:36.129-05:00Ep. 281 - Duff Green Mansion
Moment in Oddity - The Park of Monsters
Suggested by: Kim Gasiorowski
The "Parco dei Mostri" or Park of Monsters can be found in Bomarzo in northern Lazio, Italy. The park is situated in a wooded area below the Orsini Castle. This castle was once home to Prince Pier Francesco Orsini who lived there in the 16th century. Orsini is the designer of this bizarre and horribly beautiful park full of Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-74488915024846482722018-10-31T06:29:00.000-04:002018-10-31T06:29:06.813-04:00HGB Halloween Special 2018
On this episode, we share lots of listener true tales of paranormal activity! Also, the history of haunted house attractions. When and where did these start?
There are over 2500 haunted house attractions in the world and they are big money makers. People love to be scared, especially in a place where they are assured that they cannot be touched and what they are about to see is not real. The Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-7652876394555776272018-10-27T16:40:00.000-04:002018-10-27T16:40:05.886-04:00Ep. 280 - The Legend of the Hitchhiking Ghost
Moment in Oddity - Pumpkin Races
October is the time of year when our attentions turn to pumpkins. Pumpkins signal fall and, of course, Halloween. The German city of Ludwigsburg hosts the largest pumpkin festival in the world, which is held annually from early September to November. The festival includes more than 400,000 pumpkins representing 450 species of pumpkins. There is a really unique Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-40022575527749223752018-10-18T07:35:00.001-04:002018-10-18T07:35:37.527-04:00Ep. 279 - Ferry Plantation House and the Virginia Witch
Moment in Oddity - Flaming Hole Opens Up in Arkansas
There is a curious hole in Arkansas that opened up in September of 2018. What makes this hole in the ground so bizarre is the fact that it had 12 foot flames shooting out of it. The phenomenon lasted for only 40 minutes and in that time, several people witnessed this flaming hole. The hole opened up on someone's private property and it has Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-64564932558945313152018-10-11T07:17:00.001-04:002018-10-11T07:17:25.046-04:00Ep. 278 - Edinburgh Vaults
Moment in Oddity - The Winsted Wildman
There is a legend out of Connecticut that is a variation on the Bigfoot legend and this is the story of the Winsted Wildman. This creature was first reported in 1895 in the Winsted Herald as "a large man, stark naked, and covered with hair all over his body, [who] ran out of a clump of bushes." The person to witness the wildman was town selectman Riley Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-59771108986384015522018-10-04T07:36:00.000-04:002018-10-04T07:36:07.232-04:00Ep. 277 - Iron Island Museum
Moment in Oddity - The Koreshan State Historic Site
Many people have heard of the Hollow Earth Theory, but not many know that a cult of followers of this belief had once built their very own Utopia. Today, that Utopia is known as Koreshan State Historic Site. Cyrus Teed was born in 1839 and he became a physicist and alchemist. One day, Teed claimed that God spoke to him and told him to start aDiane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-62797105189889245412018-09-27T06:45:00.001-04:002018-09-27T06:45:38.994-04:00Ep. 276 - Schenck Mansion Bed and Breakfast
Moment in Oddity - Victor's Way
Victor's Way is an adult contemplative park found near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland. The privately owned 9-hectare garden is full of paths and black granite sculptures and was dedicated to cryptographer Alan Turing. The sculptures found in this park and quite unusual. Eight of the statues feature the Hindu elephant god Ganesha doing various activities likeDiane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-37521939355893985772018-09-20T06:57:00.002-04:002018-09-20T06:57:18.736-04:00Ep. 275 - Haunted Flagstaff
Moment in Oddity - The Aroostook War
Suggested by: Katrina Rae Saulis
There was a time in America when one lone state declared war without the backing of the rest of the country. This was the only time it happened in US history and it was called the Aroostook War. The state involved was Maine, of course. The Aroostook War was named after Maine's northernmost county and the dispute got Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-51373591383214233172018-09-13T06:28:00.000-04:002018-09-13T06:28:12.205-04:00Ep. 274 - The Goldfield Hotel
Moment in Oddity - Einstein's Brain
When the genius Albert Einstein died, his body underwent a formal autopsy. That autopsy was performed by Thomas Harvey. He photographed and weighed the brain and then he decided that he wanted to study the brain further. This was not something that was approved, but that didn't stop Harvey. He ended up losing his job at Princeton Hospital because he had Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-89103379585314273472018-09-06T07:08:00.002-04:002018-09-06T07:08:47.806-04:00Ep. 273 - Haunted Cemeteries 11
Moment in Oddity - Dungeon Rock
There is a legend dating back to the early 1600s about some pirates who were seen rowing a boat up the Saugus River in Lynn, MA, landing the craft and carrying a chest ashore. Several locals had seen this and they went to investigate. They did not find the chest, but they found a note that stated if a quantity of digging tools, chains and other supplies were Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-87753905585133281492018-08-30T07:12:00.001-04:002018-08-30T07:12:11.184-04:00Ep. 272 - Cincinnati Music Hall
Moment in Oddity - Raining Stickleback Fish
For centuries, different cultures have reported legends about various weird items raining from the skies. These phenomenon range from insects to frogs to snails to birds to stones and even blood. For Mount Ash in Wales in 1859, it was a bunch of stickleback fish that fell from the sky. Many theories try to explain these various things falling from Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-15556406010209023512018-08-23T06:55:00.001-04:002018-08-23T06:55:05.584-04:00Ep. 271 - Belle Grove Plantation
Moment in Oddity - Chief Big Thunder's Death and Beyond
Suggested by: Rachel Gates
The Native American tribe known as the Potawatomi had a chief at one time named Big Thunder because he had a deep, booming voice. When his time on Earth was coming to an end, he instructed his tribe of people to place him facing the West. He wanted to be prepared to help his tribe fight in a great battle that Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-13423143558844186542018-08-16T07:30:00.001-04:002018-08-16T07:30:48.025-04:00Ep. 270 - Haunted Castles of Denmark
Moment in Oddity - Qin Shi Huang's Tomb
One of the most incredible tombs ever made by man can be found in China. This is a large underground mausoleum that is mostly unopened. It was built for Ying Zheng who had ascended the throne at the age of 13. He ruled over the powerful state of Qin and proved to be a bold and fearless leader. He managed to unify China and this made him the first Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-39796043735663976942018-08-01T19:52:00.002-04:002018-08-01T19:52:37.833-04:00Ep. 269 - Haunted Cemeteries 10
Moment in Oddity - Takanakuy
Suggested by: Anthony Ortiz
The mountain folk who have carved out the town of Santo Tomas in the Peruvian Andes observe a very peculiar festival called Takanakuy. These are people who have to be tough because of the area where they live that features steep inclines and craggy slopes. So it isn't real surprising that this festival basically consists of town Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-25622317625997649042018-07-26T06:44:00.002-04:002018-07-26T06:44:44.462-04:00Ep. 268 - Hauntings of the Cumberlands
Moment in Oddity - Telling of the Bees
Many of us are very aware of just how important bees are to our world. We may fear their stinger, but it would be much more fearful to live in a world without bees. Where would we be without honey, wax and pollination? In Medieval times, bees were held in even higher esteem and were thought to have a special intelligence in regards to the mysteries of theDiane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-276586880161477852018-07-19T06:49:00.002-04:002018-07-19T06:49:40.506-04:00Ep. 267 - Fort Mifflin
Moment in Oddity - The Sin-Eaters
There was a rather peculiar tradition that started in southern England that was meant to free a dead person from any sin they may have committed. Upon the death of a person of prestige, a certain outcast from the edge of the village would be brought to the home. This person was an outcast because they were thought to carry the sins that they ate. You heard Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-85251709225131675242018-07-12T06:40:00.001-04:002018-07-12T06:40:38.337-04:00Ep. 266 - Colonial Williamsburg
Moment in Oddity - Largest Baby Ever Born was 23 Pounds
Anna Haining Bates was a woman born in Canada who became famous because she was considered a giantess. She was sixteen pounds at her birth in 1846 and grew to the height of 7 feet 11 inches. She eventually joined the sideshow circuit and met her husband Martin van Buren Bates. He himself was a tall man and stood 7 feet 9 inches. They Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-49157356200690240532018-07-05T06:47:00.000-04:002018-07-05T06:47:00.962-04:00Ep. 265 - Legends of Taiwan
Moment in Oddity - Ballet Fans Eat Taglioni's Ballet Slippers
Marie Taglioni was one of the most famous ballerinas in the world. She was born in Sweden to Italian choreographer Filippo Taglioni. In 1822, Taglioni made her debut as a ballet dancer in Vienna and people went crazy for her. Before long, she was famous across Europe. She introduced the era of romantic ballet and launched the Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-88794097678408594982018-06-28T06:33:00.003-04:002018-06-28T06:33:21.952-04:00Ep. 264 - Haunted Asbury Park
Moment in Oddity - Napoleon Attacked by Bunnies
In July of 1807, Napoleon decided he wanted to celebrate the signing of the Treaties of Tilsit with a rabbit hunt. The treaty ended the war between the French Empire and Imperial Russia. The job of organizing the hunt fell to his Chief of Staff Alexandre Berthier. Berthier collected a group of hundreds of rabbits and invited the military's Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-60723158421381265002018-06-20T20:49:00.002-04:002018-06-20T20:49:20.189-04:00Ep. 263 - Holy Cross Abbey
Moment in Oddity - Green Olivine Crystals from the Sky
The eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea (Kill a way ah) volcano started on May 3, 2018. This is an eruption that has wreaked havic on the island, but it has also spawned something else: it's been raining little green crystals. That's right, little gems from the sky. What the crystals actually are is a mineral found in basaltic lava that is Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-34519577909637339352018-06-14T06:26:00.000-04:002018-06-14T06:26:26.524-04:00Ep. 262 - Return to Charleston's Old City Jail
Moment in Oddity - The Battle of Los Angeles
Suggested by: Anthony Ortiz
The government is so unimaginative when it comes to explaining away unidentified objects or other unidentified aerial occurrences. They always claim that it was a weather balloon. This is what took place with the Battle of Los Angeles. What do you mean you haven't heard of any Battle of Los Angeles? And no, I'm not Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-90744194874444360012018-06-07T06:51:00.000-04:002018-06-07T06:51:20.136-04:00Ep. 261 - Old Slave House
Moment in Oddity - Cora and the Carved Tree Spirits
There are a group of islands in the state of Georgia known as the Golden Isles. These islands include Jekyll, Sea, Brunswick, Little St. Simons and St. Simons. I was passing through a few days ago and learned of the local legend of Cora on the island of St. Simons. She is a spellbinding beauty that is part human and part fish. Yes, a Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-18439225141558158392018-05-31T06:42:00.001-04:002018-05-31T06:42:36.939-04:00Ep. 260 - Haunted Islands of Maine
Moment in Oddity - Why Does Dracula Wear a Tuxedo?
Suggested by: Susan Elizabeth Whigham
Have you ever asked yourself, why does Dracula wear a tuxedo? Yep, I know, you ponder these things. Bram Stoker, in his novel Dracula, describes the visual appearance of Dracula's face and such, but not much about his attire, so where did we get this idea that Dracula wears a tuxedo, cape and medallion?Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476083608669337696.post-23550688512122240092018-05-24T06:42:00.002-04:002018-05-24T06:42:26.744-04:00Ep. 259 - Melbourne's Princess Theater
Moment in Oddity - The Mars' Cursed Sunken Treasure in Baltic Sea
Suggested by: Markus Watt
The pride of Sweden's 16th century navy was a warship called Mars. Fittingly, it was named for the Roman god of war. It was equipped with 107 guns and measured 48 meters, which made it the perfect flagship for the Swedish fleet and it lead it into the Northern Seven Years' War. In 1564, during the Diane Studenthttps://plus.google.com/110214417831039413447noreply@blogger.com1